Journal-box.



No. 844,887. PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907. s. MURPHY.

JOURNAL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.Z. 1906.

witnesses 3/ d M z a7 0H urya h Lin/141 14 I Mooned" SLAYDON MURPHY, OF WESTONIA, MIssIssI-PPi.

JOURNAL-BOX.

No. 844,887. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed October 2,1906. Serial No. 337,092.

1'0 (LZZ whmn it may concern! Be it known that I, SLAYDoN MURPHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at West... tonia, in the eountyof Hancock and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in JournalBoxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in j ournal-boxe's for railway-car trucks.

It has for its object to provide means whereby the axle may be removed from the box without taking the box oil the truck.

To this end the invention consists in pro viding an opening or doorway in the side of the box through which the end of the axle in said box may pass. The invention comprises means to close said opening or doorway and the other features of construction and coi'nbinations of parts hereinafter described, and more parti -ularly pointed out in the claims concluding t tis specification.

1n the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my iuvention, Figure 1 is a side view of a journal-box made in accordance with my invention, showing the opening for removing the axle closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the door in the side open. Fig. 3 is a central vertical cross-sectional view of the box, showing the form and arrangement of the brass and Fig. 4 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view of said box.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 1 represents the journahbox, adapted to be secured to the frame of a truck by the bolts .2 2, one arranged ateither side of said box and passing through eyepieces 3, secured thereto. ()no side of the box is provided with an opening -l of proper length and with h to permit the end of the axle 5, arranged in the box, to pass theret hrough. Said opening is closed by a door (3, adapted to neatly lit the same, said door being mounted on suitable hinges 7, preferably arranged at its lower edge; Eyepieces or loops 8 are secured to the door in line with the cyepieces 3 on that side of the box, whereby the bolt .2 will pass through all-of said eyepieces and hohl the door slmt. As an additional means of 1 locking the door pin 9, engaging another series of eyepieces or loops 10, two of which are secured to the side of the box near its rear end and the other two of which are arranged in line therewith, but fastened to the door. Thus the door or closure is locked near both ends.

To remove the axle from the box, the bolt 2 is taken out, as is also the lockingpin 9. The door then being released is swung down on its hinges and the axles may be removed. It will be noted that it will be very much easier and quieker'to remove a pair of carwheels when my invention is used than when the ordinary box without any opening in the side is employed.

To prevent the brass or hearing 11 in the upper portion of the box from dropping down when the axle is removed, I mount said brass upon ledges 12 along the inner sides of said box. Said ledges are preferably piovided with abutments 13 at the innor ends thereof to limit the inward movement of said brass. The upper portion and sides of the brass and the interior of the box above the ledge 12 form, approximately, five sides of an octagon, as shown in l ig. 3. The dust-board is made in two pieces. The upper half 14 extends through a slot 15 in the top of the box, and the lower half 1-1 extends through a slot 15 in the bottom of the box and is supported by a pin 16.

I claim- 1. A journal-box, for railway-car trucks, having an opening in its side through which the axle is adapted to pass, a hinged closure for said opening and means to lock said closure shut.

.2. A journal-box, for railway-car trucks, having an opening in its side through which the axle is adapted to pass, a closure for said opening, a brass in th'e top of said box and means to retain said brass in position when the axle is removed.

3. A journal-lmx, for railway-car trucks, having an opening in its side through which the axle is adapted to pass, a closure for said opening having cycpieces secured thereto, there being other eyepicccs carried by the box and arranged in line with those on the closurc, and a pin adapted to engage said eycpioccs.

-t. A 'ourmtl-box of the character described, having an opening in its side through 1 have provided a locking- 1 which the axle is adapted to pass, a closure err...-

for said opening having two sets of eyepieees 1 engaging the other eyepieces on the box and secured thereto, there being other eyepieees the other set thereof on the closure, 0 1

carried bythe box and some arranged in line In testimony whereof I affix my signature with each of the sets of eyepieces on the 010- in presence of two Witnesses.

sure, a locking-pin adapted to engage some SLAYDON MURPHY. 0f the eyepieces on the box and one set 'itnesses:

thereof on the closure, and a belt for securing J 011 B. MCGOWAN,

the box to the frame of the truck, said bolt SAM; '1. Russ. 

